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Rocks Flashcards

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What is extrusive rocks

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Rocks formed on the crust ex.basalt

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What is intrusive rock

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Rocks formed in the crust example granite

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How was metamorphic rock formed

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Other rocks changed by heat and pressure

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Limestone

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Formed on the beds of shallow warm seas from skeletons,fish and shells.its laid down in strata found in the burren

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Igneous

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Formed from volcanic activity.Cools down solidifies either within the crust or on the surface

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Examples and locations for sedimentary rocks

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Limestone:central plain of Ireland
Sandstone:comeragh mountains wexford cork

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Examples are the locations of metamorphic rock

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Marble: County Kilkenny
Quartzite:mt errigal donegeal

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Examples of locations of igneous rock

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Granite:wicklow mts
Basalt:giants causeway

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Uses for sedimentary rock

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Limestone:front of buildings or cement
Sandstone:cement blocks

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Uses for metamorphic rock

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Marble:fireplaces and headstones
Quartz:jewellery and road surfaces

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3 groups of rocks

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Sedimentary,igneous,metamorphic

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Basalt

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Extrusive formed when lava spreads across the earth’s surface.Lava cools and solidifies quickly as it was exposed to air ex.giants causeway

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How was sedimentary rock formed

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The compressed, bits of plants, animals, or other rocks

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Karst landscape

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Carbonation occurs across where bear limestone rock is exposed to weather example, the burren

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Granite

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Intrusive rock formed when molten magma forced its way into the crust example.mourne mountains

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Is it intrusive or extrusive granite or basalt

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granite intrusive, basalt extrusive

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What are rocks

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Materials that form earths cross their solid occur, naturally made up of one or more minerals

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Uses for igneous rocks

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Granite:worktops
Basalt:in tarmac to surface roads

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Sandstone

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Large amounts of sand were worn away from the Earth’s surface
and transported by wind and rivers is found in galetees and macgillycuddy reeks

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